Troy - Elizabeth Miles has a torn labrum in her shoulder from volleyball. She's got a a broken bone and torn liagment in her right foot. And she's got a heart the size of Central New York.

The Cicero-North Syracuse senior felt not an ounce of pain, at least she didn't show it after in public. That's because Miles scored eight points, grabbed seven rebounds and has brought the Northstars to yet another Class AA girls basketball state tournament championship game.

The Northstars defeated Baldwin 61-50 Friday night in the state tournament semifinals at Hudson Valley Community College.

It will mark the third time in four years that C-NS has reached the state championship game. The Northstars meet Ossining Saturday night here at Hudson Valley Community College. Tipoff is 8:45 p.m.

Yet championship berth is special because its two years removed from the last time Breanna Stewart played and led the Northstars to the 2012 state title.

And while Miles will need shoulder surgery after the season and treatment on her foot, she's gutted it out for a reason.

"I wasn't NOT playing my senior year of basketball having the career I've had the last two years," Miles said. "Now look at me. I'm all torn apart and it's happening.

"I'm absolutely speechless. It almost brings me to tears of happiness thinking about the young team we have and how tough we are and the basketball mentality we have. It's absolutely incredible."

The Northstars won this game at the free throw line in the fourth quarter. They made 17-of-18 from the line in the final quarter and were 22-of-26 for the game.

Baldwin was 13-of-22 from the free throw line. The Bruins were 4-of-11 from the line in the third quarter when they had an opportunity to rally.

C-NS made six turnovers over the final 3 minutes and 3 seconds of the third quarter and still took a 44-33 lead into the fourth.

With pressure defense wearing down the Northstars guards and forcing more turnovers, Baldwin got as close as 48-45 with 3:05 left on a basket by Aziah Hudson.

Cicero-North Syracuse went immediately inside to Miles. She posted up and missed a short jumper, but got her own rebound and was fouled. Miles made the first free throw, but missed the second. Still, it stopped the Baldwin run.

"She's a tough kid, a competitor," said C-NS coach Eric Smith. "She's in pain all of the time but seems to be able to block that out and compete. When the game's on the line, she's going to be aggressive, she's going to attack, get the big rebound, knock down the big free throw. She's a great player."

The Northstars made their final 12 free throw attempts after the Miles miss.

"Like usually, we're not good at free throws," said C-NS guard McKayla Roberts, who scored a team high 15 points and made four free throws over the final two minutes.

"In games like this, you've got to make the free throws," said Baldwin coach Tom Catapano. "We didn't. They did."

Miles is not alone with injuries. There are several. Samantha Roberts came out of the locker room with an ice bag taped to her shoulder. Smith said another player has a broken nose.

And while the challenge facing Ossining is great, who can doubt the Northstars now?

"I'm so proud of my team and coaches," Miles said. "To think we have come this far is incredible."